New kitchen & bathroom - very stupid questions

[AuroraHunter]

Google tells me a good kitchen should last 10-15 years. Our kitchen is currently 20 years old, but still seems to be absolutely fine. Cupboards still good, worktops still good, oven could probably do with a professional clean but we mostly use air fryer now so not really an issue. Hob still works fine. We replaced the dishwasher a few years ago. Kitchen floor is tiles, they still seem fine. We repainted it after the toddler years.

Its the same for bathrooms. We've had to re-mastic the bath and replaced the toilet seats when they started looking a bit grotty. I think we've replaced shower heads at various times. But everything still seems to do what its supposed to.

So stupid question #1 - if everything is working as it should then does it really need replacing?

Stupid question #2 - if it does then do i just go to a kitchen/bathroom shop and get some quotes

Question #3 - are there any showrooms to particularly avoid?

If everything is still working, not falling apart and you are happy with it then no, no need to replace! I think often kitchens and bathrooms get replaced before they are at the falling apart stage, for aesthetic reasons.

Agree that if everything is fine, don’t replace for the sake of it! You can always paint the cupboards.
Our kitchen was from Howdens and is 9 yrs old, I wouldn’t recommend them! We are on our 3rd oven and 2nd dishwasher since the refit when we went with their preferred products. The cupboards look ok but the quality isn’t great, I wouldn’t use them again.

No need to replace if you are happy!
re kitchen/bathroom..
we used a well known bathroom company and it was awful.
This time we got a carpenter with a Howdens account to do the kitchen (it’s bloody gorgeous) and a plumber to do our bathroom. I am much much happier with the end result.

we bought the toilet. Sink etc from Plumbworld and he got all the fixing he needed.

Oh goodness, we read the reviews on Lamona appliances and went with our own. So glad I did now reading this! 😰

Sorry my second post was to @HeartshapedFox but it didn’t reply.. sorry to hear you’ve had so many problems!

never listen to the "you need a new WHATEVER every X/Y years" thing. It's total bollocks. Level of use, quality of original products etc all play a huge part.

When we moved in here, the kitchen was very dated but still in remarkably good shape - we are almost positive it was the original kitchen from 30 years before.

We replaced it 8 years ago. The counter tops aren't doing brilliantly but to be honest, that' because we had to save money somewhere and the counters were the decision we took to do that because our research told us that replacing the counters down the line is relatively easy. So we got laminate ones knowing they wouldn't last as well.

The main bathroom was spruced up, cheaply, by the woman who owned the house before we bought it - so probably around 15-17 years ago. It looks okay but definitely could do with a revamp. It's on my list....

Phew. I'm glad that its not an absolute necessity to replace. Usually i feel like i know what im doing, then i read a random Internet article and start to doubt myself.

IMO those articles are written by people who are trying to sell you stuff. Like "youre kitchen should cost 10% of your house value and be replaced after 10 years".

question #1 - if everything is working as it should then does it really need replacing?

No, of course it doesn't need replacing.